Legal Opinion

Truesdale v. Peoria Grape Sugar Co.

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 26, 1881PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. D. McCulloch, . Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott

In view of the previous decisions of this court it will not be necessary to enter upon any elaborate discussion of the questions raised on this bill. Private individuals, owning property and carrying on business in the vicinity, seek to enjoin defendants from laying a side-track in the street in front of their own property, to connect with any railroad previously constructed in the street. It is alleged in the bill an ordinance was about to be passed by the city council of Peoria that would authorize defendants to do the acts the. injunction was intended to prevent. Conceding, as the bill…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Stetson v. Chicago & Evanston RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1874

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Doane v. Lake Street Elevated RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Chicago Dock & Canal Co. v. GarrityIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
  3. Railroad Co. v. Iron-WorksWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1888
  4. Goddard v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1903
  5. McGann v. People ex rel. CoffeenIllinois Supreme Court · 1902

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